Logical Reasoning

PT119 · S4 · Q1 Considering that Mark Twain is

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Considering that Mark Twain is Samuel Clemens, I have always found it amazing that very few people know that Samuel Clemens was a writer, since almost everybody knows that Mark Twain was one.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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Which one of the following, if true, would most effectively resolve the apparent paradox above?

  1. Most people probably have not

    Trap

    4% picked this

  2. Everyone who knows that Samuel

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    Most people do not know

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Paradox · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    92% picked this

  4. Many people believe apparently conflicting

    Trap

    0% picked this

  5. Some people know that “Mark

    Trap

    3% picked this

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